Inventing God's law: how the covenant code of the Bible used and revised the laws of Hammurabi
In this book David Wright will draw on three of his influential published essays to create a boldly revisionist account of the origin of the so-called Covenant Collection of the Torah (Exodus 20:23-23:19). He argues that this body of law depends mainly on the Laws of Hammurabi and to some extent on...
| Resumo: | In this book David Wright will draw on three of his influential published essays to create a boldly revisionist account of the origin of the so-called Covenant Collection of the Torah (Exodus 20:23-23:19). He argues that this body of law depends mainly on the Laws of Hammurabi and to some extent on other cuneiform law collections, that it is chiefly the work of a single author, that it is to a significant degree the result of intellectual interaction with the author's sources rather than a collection of Israelite/Judean legal traditions, and that it may have had a politically ideological purpose, somewhat similar to that of the Laws of Hammurabi. Intro -- Contents -- Abbreviations and Special Terminology -- 1. Introduction: The Basic Thesis and Background -- Part I: Primary Evidence for Dependence: Sequential Correspondences and Date -- 2. The Casuistic Laws -- 3. The Apodictic Laws -- 4. Opportunity and Date for the Use of Hammurabi's and Other Cuneiform Laws -- Part II: The Compositional Logic of the Covenant Code -- 5. Debt-Slavery and the Seduction of a Maiden (Exodus 21:2-11 -- 22:15-16) -- 6. Homicide, Injury, Miscarriage, and Talion (Exodus 21:12-14, 18-27) -- 7. Child Rebellion, Kidnapping, Sorcery, Bestiality, and Illicit Sacrifice (Exodus 21:15-17 -- 22:17-19) -- 8. The Goring Ox and Negligence (Exodus 21:28-36) -- 9. Animal Theft, Crop Destruction, Deposit, and Burglary (Exodus 21:37-22:8) -- 10. Animal Injury, Death, and Rental (Exodus 22:9-14) -- 11. The Themes and Ideology of the Apodictic Laws (Exodus 20:23-26 -- 21:1 -- 22:20-23:19) -- 12. Redactional Growth in the Apodictic Laws and the Covenant Code's Relationship to the Exodus Narrative -- 13. Conclusions -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Author Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- Subject Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- Text Reference Index. |
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| Descrição Física: | 1 online resource (604 pages) |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-971952-5 |
